Of major interest to us of course is this means the Mutts are going to have to find a new DC, 

 

That's interesting.  I wonder how much patience he'll have for recruiting.

Yeah, Sux to be you

 

This sucks. Once again, UW is at the crap end of one person's career decision. At least with this one we won't have to deal with everyone calling us Stepping Stone U. Well ok, back to the drawing board with the defense.

 

I am going to assume Bala and Sunseri go with him ... It will be interesting to see what our defense recruits do. I am assuming they will go to UNC or Oregon. I know Lanning was after ZRS. Epperson and RDA had Oregon offers too ...

I don't know about this UNC just fired Mack Brown, who started there, went to Texas and came back, he's 73, Belichik is 71. The NFL didn't hire him when he left New England. he's never coached a college team. We see the amount of energy Lanning and his staff put in. Is Belichick up for that? Is his name going to have recruits lining up to play football for him at Thee Basketball School?

On 12/11/2024 at 3:58 PM, 30Duck said:

I don't know about this UNC just fired Mack Brown, who started there, went to Texas and came back, he's 73, Belichik is 71. The NFL didn't hire him when he left New England. he's never coached a college team. We see the amount of energy Lanning and his staff put in. Is Belichick up for that? Is his name going to have recruits lining up to play football for him at Thee Basketball School?

I think you have it exactly right; college football coaching is getting to be a young man's game. The amount of energy it takes, the need to relate to 17-year-olds, all the other business with staff, boosters...it doesn't seem a good fit for what is objectively a grumpy old man. Plus, the game on the field itself has changed in the past decades. Even his son looks old and grumpy, to boot.

 

 

Naw, she's too old.  She's 24...

 

 

I’m sure he will be about as successful in college as Saban was in the NFL.

Let me see if I got this right.....they traded a 73 year old coach in Mac Brown...

 

 

For a 72 year old coach? Nice Trade!

 

 

On 12/11/2024 at 3:44 PM, kirklandduck said:

That's interesting.  I wonder how much patience he'll have for recruiting.

Probably about as much as Herm Edwards. 

 

Ask ASU how that turned out. 

 

Well... Pretty good after they fired him and got Dilly. 

so, she only needs to wait about 10 years and she gets a pot o gold and is only about 34?????!!!! 

Yep, the strategy of a small percentage of 20-something year old women is called, "the starter marriage."  (Lots of videos about it by women advising other women)

 

Find someone with resources, divorce his rear after enough years, get half the assets and set up guaranteed income for quite some time.  If there are children, then outrageous child support if the man is affluent. (Like $20,000 a month that Tom Cruise was paying)

 

From there she has her base of assets and income, and can then begin to set the bait for the next simp-sucker. Family law rewards this behavior, and the statues are certainly stacked in one direction.

 

But hey--don't pay any attention to someone recently divorced.

 

 

Is Tom Brady eligible? Check the record for The Curmudgeon with and without Tom. 

 

This hire confirms that Chapel Hill is a 55 and older community for coaches wanting to retire to North Carolina. (He'll have to sneak his paramour through the back door 😁)

 

When an AD has reached puberty and is still using the name 'Bubba,' you might want to double-check his decision-making. What's the over/under on Bubba having tar on his heels? 

 

Will 17- and 18-year-olds flock to BB because he won the Super Bowls in New England? Or because of his beguiling personality? 🤪

 

No group is happier over this hire than the scribes covering UNC football. 🤓

On 12/11/2024 at 7:56 PM, Charles Fischer said:

Let me see if I got this right.....they traded a 73 year old coach in Mac Brown...

 

 

For a 72 year old coach? Nice Trade!

 

 

 

Note her hand reaching for his wallet 😁. THIS is what true love looks like. 😍

 

Billy's move makes sense. In North Carolina you can marry your 1st cousin and the statutory age of consent is 13.  😋

If I was the administrator at a college full of young women, a single 70+ year old coach with a 20 something girlfriend would send off alarm bells all over the place. I won't go there with her intents, the environment he is going to and his track record should alarm anyone with their eyes wide open.

 

As far as BB lasting, he will just be there long enough for his son to take over. This is like a fighter trying to get one last fight, and we all know how that ends.

 

Lanning has to be looking at this like Tyson in his prime.

Belichik trying to rock a cutoff hoodie in UNC's home opener on August 30th.

 

My first thought when I saw Belichick was hired by UNC was, "How fast does his son bail on UW?"

 

In order to shoehorn his fair haired boy into a future HC position, they will need to be outstandingly successful... In a short amount of time.

 

IMO, Dan Lanning, he ain't.

 

Recruiting a 20-something girl to spend time on the proverbial dance floor is hugely different than convincing 18-20 year old boys to a brutally difficult (However disciplined) game.

 

She might be able to help him understand the vagaries of NIL and the portal, though.

 

 

Stewart Mandel, The Athletic ($) -

 

UNC Will Regret Hiring Bill Belichick. 🦨

6 reasons why the hire won't work; one for every Super Bowl ring. 😁

 

 

6 reasons why Bill Belichick's new coaching job at North Carolina won't work

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On Wednesday, Bill Belichick was officially hired as UNC's next head football coach. Despite being one of the winningest NFL coaches in the modern era, there are some doubts about whether...

The hire of Bill is not being universally applauded.😵

 

 

Bill Belichick to UNC memes: Social media pokes fun at longtime NFL coach's decision to join Tar Heels

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The news of Bill Belichick joining UNC came as a shock to many — but that didn't stop people from flexing their sense of humor in response.

 

BB was hapless after Brady left. Looked too old to succeed against the headwinds of being a successful team year after year.

 

But now in modern day college football that takes 10 times the effort to build a team than the NFL he's going to succeed at an even older age?

 

Dennis Erickson had some success with the Beavers in his older years, but that was a different era of college football.

 

Regardless, happy to see UW as stepping stone U again after giving us so much crap about it.

Recruiting?

NIL?

College football experience?

Donor relations?

Energy and vigor to build something?

 

I lived in "the Triangle" for four years, including when Mack returned. Football is, and always will be second fiddle on Tobacco Road.

 

IMO, an unequivocal stunt hire by Bubba that will feel good for about 10 months. If they get at least a couple of good seasons of attendance in that fall sport Bubba is happy.

 

 

Edited December 12, 2024Dec 12 by JabbaNoBargain

As expected, a lot of former players of Belichik on the Patriots were interviewed about this, and one of them mentioned how he was coaching his high school players and he was going on and on, then he realized, "these kids have no idea what I'm talking about, I was using terms that Bill used when he was talking to us."

 

That's what Belichik will be doing when he's talking to the UNC players, and what players will they be?

 

A member of Belichik's staff said that no Bill wouldn't be sitting in potential recruit's' living rooms, "he'll have people for that"

 

 Yeah, that'll work. 

 

At least his wife will help him relate to the players... 😎

 

This is such a crazy event - history has already proven that he is a crappy coach and Brady was really the key to all those Superbowl rings.   UNC will regret it more than USC does their hire!

It’ll be interesting to see how he does. I guess what does UNC have to lose?!

Belichick will need to convince players that he "devloped" Brady  Gronk, and the rest into generational talent... 

There are probably a ton of recruits who only know Belicheck from the Aaron Hernandez movie. 😬

I hope he doesn’t get a hold of this guy and try to keep him home by telling him he made Gronk the best TE in the NFL.

 

Kendre Harrison Commits to Oregon Ducks: Bolster No. 1 Ranked Recruiting Class

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The Oregon Ducks landed five-star tight end Kendre Harrison over the Florida State Seminoles, North Carolina Tar Heels, Miami Hurricanes, Penn State Nittany Lio

 

 

On 12/12/2024 at 5:45 PM, OregonDucks said:

It’ll be interesting to see how he does. I guess what does UNC have to lose?!

 

GAMES? 😁

I agree with Cowherd, the first NFL job that opens up, Belichik is interested, if the NFL team wants him, he's there.

On 12/12/2024 at 6:40 PM, 30Duck said:

if the NFL team wants him, he's there.

No NFL team wants him. Otherwise, he’d already be there.

 

You don’t go from the Patriots to the Tar Heels if there’s an NFL nibble.

My guess is he will probably date a cheerleader.  His current girlfriend might be too old for his tastes.